Syrian Television Reports Repulsion of Missile Attack on Airbase in Homs

Syrian state television reported Monday evening that the country’s air defense was able to intercept and destroy missiles that were fired toward the “Al-Shayrat” airbase in Homs province.

According to Reuters, Syrian state television released footage of a missile being destroyed above the airbase.

A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Pentagon, stated on Monday that U.S. forces had no concurrent activity in the region during the attack.

Following “chemical attacks” in the city of Douma in the suburbs of Damascus, the United States, Britain, and France launched more than one hundred missiles toward chemical and military facilities in Syria in a joint operation Saturday morning.

Last year, following a chemical attack on Khan Shaykhun in Idlib province, the United States fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at Al-Shayrat airbase. The U.S. stated that this airbase was used to carry out the chemical attack on Khan Shaykhun.

Syrian state media also reported that missiles were fired toward the east of Damascus Monday evening, which were intercepted and destroyed.

IRNA reported, citing Syrian state media, that six missiles were fired toward Al-Shayrat airbase, which “were all destroyed.”

The report added that three missiles were also fired toward Al-Dumayr Airport in Qalamoun east of Damascus, which were also destroyed.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military spokesman responded on Monday to a question about the missile attack on the Al-Shayrat base in Homs by saying: “We do not comment on this matter.”

Previously, on April 10, during an attack on a major Syrian airbase in Homs province, at least seven Iranian military personnel were killed.

The Russian Army and the Syrian government announced that Israel was responsible for the attacks on the “Tifor” or “Al-Tias” airbase.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that two Israeli F-15 fighter jets, through Lebanese airspace, attacked a military base near Homs by firing eight air-to-ground missiles.

According to some reports, the Tifor military airport “is considered the main base of Syrian forces and their allies, which plays a role in supporting, assisting, and arming Syrian forces and their allies fighting in Deir ez-Zor, Hama suburbs, and Aleppo provinces.”

The Islamic Republic deploys its military forces under the banner of “Defenders of the Shrine” to Syria and Iraq to fight against opponents of Bashar al-Assad and the “Islamic State” or ISIS group.

A number of Afghan and Pakistani Shiites have also been sent to Syria by Iran under the banner of the “Fatimiyoun Division” and the “Zainabiyoun Brigade.”

To date, a considerable number of these forces who were killed in these two countries have been mourned and buried in several Iranian cities.

Source: Radio Farda